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Can you sex these Ancistrus?
Can you sex these Ancistrus?
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Borbi
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Re: Can you sex these Ancistrus?
Hi,
Both male based in the tentacle growth on the top of the heads.
Cheers, Sandor
Both male based in the tentacle growth on the top of the heads.
Cheers, Sandor
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Re: Can you sex these Ancistrus?
And the red spot on the head is a dead give away that they are both male.Borbi wrote:Hi,
Both male based in the tentacle growth on the top of the heads.
Cheers, Sandor
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Re: Can you sex these Ancistrus?
I have had females with some tentacles, but the body shape tells me those are both males.
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Re: Can you sex these Ancistrus?
Females will sometimes have them around the mouth but I have yet to see a female with bristles up the nose...... or have the red spot on the head.Marine590622 wrote:I have had females with some tentacles, but the body shape tells me those are both males.
Chuck